Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health is building a $12 million freestanding emergency care center in Miamisburg, Ohio, according to a Dayton Daily News report.
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Reston (Va.) Hospital Center is proposing a $1.1 million, two-story emergency department in Tysons, Va., fueling a conflict between competing health systems for hospital space in Virginia, according to a Washington Business Journal report.
Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., completed an $8 million emergency department renovation that nearly doubles the hospital's capacity for emergency services, according to a WLOS report.
Change Healthcare released a white paper titled "Value-Based Reimbursement: State-by-State," which summarizes the landscape of value-based care in each state and what to expect for the future.
Marshfield (Wis.) Medical Center will house and deploy a medical helicopter starting in January, according to a WSAW report.
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Phoenix Children's Care Network rolled out an ACO with UnitedHealthcare aimed at improving quality while reducing costs.
Three researchers from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, the Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine of USC, and two Harvard-affiliated hospitals were awarded up to $70 million from the National Institutes of Health to establish improved infrastructure for advancing Alzheimer's research.
Covenant Children's Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, launched a 24/7 obstetrics emergency department to provide an additional healthcare safety net for pregnant women, according to a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal report.
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health signed an agreement with Cigna to maintain their 20-year network relationship.
A study, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, examines the effect of exposure to air pollution and birth defects in infants.